The CVABE Learning Center in Montpelier is located at 59 Elm Street on the corner of School and Elm. Our lead teacher and community coordinator is Emily MacFadyen.

Central Vermont Adult Basic Education provides free literacy instruction for adults and out of school youth in the belief that a person who is literate has the essential key for self understanding and for full and active membership in the world. We carry out this mission with the engagement of our communities so that the hopes and efforts of our students will be championed every step of the way.

Higher Education Opportunities

Workshops, Lectures, ClassesCheck out theCalendar of Events
for some of the current offerings.

Opportunities exist for adults and people of all ages to further their education in a particular field, learn specific skills, attend independent courses, or pursue general studies. Despite its small size, Montpelier boasts of having the following five institutions of higher learning:

Community College of Vermont
32 College Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 828-4060
Fax: (802) 828-2801
Web: http://www.ccv.edu
Web site about the Montpelier location: http://www.ccv.edu/locations/montpelier/index.html?PHPSESSID=77118af0f74dd7285337e3553d970a22
Located on the Vermont College campus, the Community College of Vermont's Montpelier campus enrolls approximately 900 students annually. This institution largely serves non-traditional students and is part of a statewide system. Administrative and other services are housed at 89 Main Street, City Center.

New England Culinary Institute
56 College Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-6324 or toll-free at (877) 223-6324
Web: http://www.neculinary.com
As the name suggests, the New England Culinary Institute specializes in education of the culinary arts. NECI enrolls approximately 400 students annually. In addition to the main campus, the school owns and operates the Chef's Table and the Main Street Bar & Grill restaurants and the La Brioche Bakery & Cafe in the downtown.

Vermont College of Fine Arts
36 College Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 828-8600
Web: http://www.vermontcollege.edu/
Offering MFAs in Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, and Visual Art. At Vermont College of Fine Arts, art is all we do. The programs at VCFA are as creative as the art we teach. Here we encourage experimentation and individuality of expression with one-on-one mentoring and low student-to-faculty ratios, and we offer a curriculum that’s always evolving, as well as shaping the future of art.